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Rampant Tigers secure record win over sorry Saints

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Northampton Saints 8 Leicester Tigers 36

Leicester Tigers put in an astonishing performance at Franklin's Gardens to earn a four-try bonus-point win over their bitter local rivals, Northampton.

The visiting supporters were in fantasy land by the final whistle as Tigers ran Saints ragged and encouraged hundreds of local fans to stream out of the ground long before the final whistle.

The 36-8 scoreline was the biggest ever win by Leicester at Franklin's Gardens in a competitive fixture.

Four tries in 33 second-half minutes from Niall Morris, Mat Tait and two from the sensational Manu Tuilagi saw Leicester return up the A6 with five points that gave them a seven-point buffer in second place in the Aviva Premiership table.

Captain Toby Flood had kicked four from four penalties in the first half to give Tigers a 12-3 lead at the break.

And when Tuilagi scored at the end of a long spell of pressure early in the second half, the visitors had a 14-point lead.

Saints fought back immediately and scored through Stephen Myler while Morris was in the sin-bin for a deliberate knock-on.

But Tigers turned on the afterburners and Tuilagi added a second on 62 minutes to give his side a 24-8 buffer. 

Saints were broken by this stage and, with the hosts out on their feet and their famed driving maul earning little reward, Tigers stuck the knife in.

With the game opening up, Morris ran in Leicester's third try on 71 minutes and, with Tigers sniffing a fourth try, Tait was one of a five-man overlap with four minutes left to complete the rout.

Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill said it was his side's best performance of the season.

"We showed our class today. Across the board, everyone was top drawer," he said. "We came here thinking we could out-play them and we took our chnaces. Our set-piece and defence was very good too.

"We came here with the attitude to play and I thought the lads were outstanding."

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